2018 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -6.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -6.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | -9 | -2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -3.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 1 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 17.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 13 | 67 | 5.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 5 | 13 | 68 | 5.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.6 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 9 | 88 | 9.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 14 | 141 | 10.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 47.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 10 | 130 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.3 |
| 1 | California | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 5 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| 1 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 39.0 |
| 95 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 14 | 89 | 6.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 17.8 |
| 95 | UNLV | 2 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 95 | Oregon State | 3 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Boston College | 2 | 7 | 89 | 12.71 | 1 | 3.5 | 44.5 |
| 95 | Michigan | 5 | 9 | 115 | 12.78 | 1 | 1.8 | 23.0 |
| 95 | Illinois | 3 | 12 | 189 | 15.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 95 | Nebraska | 4 | 7 | 115 | 16.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 28.8 |
| 95 | Kansas | 3 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 95 | Connecticut | 4 | 9 | 169 | 18.78 | 1 | 2.3 | 42.3 |
| 95 | Penn State | 4 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 95 | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.7 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 80.0 |
| 95 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 90 | 45.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 45.0 |
| 109 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 2 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 110 | Colorado State | 3 | 8 | 255 | 31.88 | 3 | 2.7 | 85.0 |